Boasting an extensive and diverse slate of projects from creators across Canada, BGPD focuses on nurturing and developing both feature films as well as scripted and unscripted television series from concept to script to pitch.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SLATE
FEATURES
BASH
When a floundering 1970s era female hockey team led by two down on their luck friends introduces fighting into their games, the league - and the women - find new energy and purpose.
Genre: Comedy, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Lindsay MacKay (Director), Alice Moran (screenwriter)
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music
THE EVENING CHORUS
James, an RAF airman imprisoned in a German POW camp, turns to birdwatching to escape the relentless oppression while his wife, Rose, falls into a passionate love affair with a Canadian soldier and James' sister Enid loses her home and her lover in the London blitz. Three lives intertwined by nature, love and loss. Based on the novel by Helen Humphries.
Co-production with Alkaia FIlms
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Helen Humphries (novelist), Adrienne Mitchell (director), Dennis Foon (screenwriter)
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film & Music, Ontario Media Development Corporation
KOSHETZ
Based on actual events.Set in 1919 during a period of political unrest - empires are falling, small nations are emerging, and communism is gradually spreading across Eastern Europe. Koshetz uses his musical talent to aid his country. However, the further he goes, the more he realizes that the idealistic fight he is leading is a mere pawn in the hands of those playing bigger games. Through the eyes of Koshetz, we witness the inner turmoil of a man whose artistic pursuits are entangled with the larger political landscape.
Co-production with Toy Cinema, Ukraine
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Veronika Stepanchuk, Kristina Tynkevych, Dennis Foon
Supported by: Telefilm Canada
THE LION IN WINNIPEG
In October 1900, Winston Churchill is 25 years old… and very much in love. Unfortunately, his intended, Pamela Plowden, is also being sought after by the cream of the Empire’s eligible bachelors. Winston needs an edge. He believes that a speaking tour in North America to promote his book on his South African adventures is just the ticket: surely fortune and fame await.
Co-production with Copperheart Entertainment http://www.copperheart.ca/
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Larry Bambrick
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film and Music
TELEVISION
SINS
A taut procedural drama following a warring family of lawyers working both sides of notorious and dramatic whistleblower cases.
Genre: Legal Procedural, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Brendan Howley, Ron Hikel
WITH KISTIKAN PICTURES INC
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Tina Keeper
FEATURES
LUMINOUS
Co-production with JJNeepinFilms Inc.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: JJ Neepin, Justina Neepin
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film and Music
FREE STACEY
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Amber-Sekowan Daniels
Supported by: Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Film and Music
TELEVISION
THE REDS
** IN DEVELOPMENT WITH BELL MEDIA INC. **
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Tina Keeper, Vanessa Loewen, Jennifer Beasley
Supported by: Canada Media Fund, Bell Media Inc.
VANILLA
Co-production with Code Breaker Films Inc.
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Status: In Development
Creative Talent: Sage Daniels, Anthony Q Farrell
Supported by: Canada Media Fund, Manitoba Film and Music
COLD
Based on the novel by Drew Hayden-Taylor
Genre: Drama, Scripted
Creative Talent: Drew Hayden-Taylor
Supported by: Canada Media Fund